The Bach Effect: Greatness, Grace and Gravitas

This evening features Canadian Brass trumpet virtuoso Caleb Hudson in J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, soprano Gillian Bell in Bach arias, The Sebastians, and more. At the reception following the concert, Columbia University Physics Professor Imre Bartos will enlighten on the Festival’s Gravity 350 theme.

With the revolutionary discovery and proof of Albert Einstein’s gravitational waves earlier this year, our planned exploration of Gravity 350 gained additional inspiration to draw a great arch from Newton to Einstein. Prof. Imre Bartos of Columbia University is a member of the team of scientists to make this exciting discovery. Join him for a talk on why scientists have for the first time exclaimed, “we can hear the universe!”